I sadly gave up hope several months ago that Al Gore would be our next president, but the candidate who I’ve chosen to throw my support behind, Barack Obama, has once again earned my respect and admiration by being the first Democratic candidate to say that he would ask Al Gore to play a large role in his presidency to help come up with a solution to the climate change problems facing our country and our world.

In his words:

I will make a commitment that Al Gore will be at the table and play a central part in us figuring out how we solve this (climate change) problem.

Why Hillary Clinton doesn’t seem to think climate change and our country’s debilitating dependency on oil are issues worth talking about is beyond me.

As you might already know, I’m fully in support of Al Gore getting reelected for President in 2008. I frequent a few different websites to keep tabs on my ideal presidential candidate in hopes that news will arise of his candidacy. Sadly, however, he has not (yet?) declared himself as a candidate. In defiance of this, the America for Gore Coalition has decided to take matters in to their own hands and started a “My Two Cents” campaign. I think its a pretty neat idea, so I’ve decided to promote it here as well, in hopes that anyone that may read this does what I’m about to suggest.

America for Gore is asking anyone in support of Al Gore to mail him two pennies along with a letter urging him to run, while also stating that the real financial support will come when he accepts that challenge. The hope is that the mountain of pennies that will soon pile up in his office will be a constant reminder to him that America needs him and is ready to support him. Sound like a good idea? Then go dig through your couch or car seats for two pennies, get an envelope and a stamp, type up a quick letter urging him to run, and send your two cents to the following address:

Office of the Honorable Al Gore
2100 West End Avenue, Suite 620
Nashville, TN 37203

I haven’t blogged about the upcoming 2008 presidential election yet, so here’s the first of what will likely be many posts building up to the next election. I was looking through a ton of polls taken in the last month and a half regarding the democratic candidates for 2008 and one thing consistently stood out at me: Al Gore hasn’t declared himself as running – he’s even said he won’t – and yet he’s still named by about 10-15% of the people polled as their first choice of the current candidates, with Hillary in the lead at about 40-45%. For someone who has not even declared a bid for the presidency, 15% is damn good. That being said, I would love to see him officially toss his hat in to the ring. I think an outspoken environmentalist is what this country needs, and he certainly has the experience. He’s was the VP for 8 years, spent the 8 years before that as a Senator, and another 8 years before that as congressman. That’s more experience as an elected official (on a National level, none the less) than Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton combined. If that’s not enough, he’s been touring internationally for a few years to help combat global warming (Or do they call it “climate change” now? I lost track..) in such an effective manner that it earned him the honor of a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize.

I’m clearly not anywhere close to the first person to say this, but I’m going to say it anyways: I would like to see Al Gore on the ballot in 2008.